And now for something completely different!. Imagine Freeling's Grand Chess, with the Bishops replaced by Elephants and:
Queen replaced by Centaur = Knight + Wazir + Ferz
Marshall replaced by Grand Rook = Rook + Afil + Ferz
Cardinal replaced by Grand Bishop = Bishop + Dabbabah + Wazir
I am fascinated by the Centaur: try using the 'equesrex' BMP file - although strictly speaking that should be used for a 'royal' piece. And for the other two (brand new?) pieces: 'promotedrook' and 'promotedbishop' BMP files. Note the reversal of Freeling's arrangement, this time we have one Knight compound and two Queen-like pieces. I am inclined to squeeze the board down to 10x8, using the 'same' opening setup as our current PBM game.
[2007 EDIT] substituted 'Grand' for 'Great' in the piece names. [2008 EDIT] Key McKinnis used a wide selection of pieces in Drop Chess (2000), including the Demon (Grand Rook ) and the Pope (Grand Bishop).
And now for something completely different!. Imagine Freeling's Grand Chess, with the Bishops replaced by Elephants and:
Queen replaced by Centaur = Knight + Wazir + Ferz
Marshall replaced by Grand Rook = Rook + Afil + Ferz
Cardinal replaced by Grand Bishop = Bishop + Dabbabah + Wazir
I am fascinated by the Centaur: try using the 'equesrex' BMP file - although strictly speaking that should be used for a 'royal' piece. And for the other two (brand new?) pieces: 'promotedrook' and 'promotedbishop' BMP files. Note the reversal of Freeling's arrangement, this time we have one Knight compound and two Queen-like pieces. I am inclined to squeeze the board down to 10x8, using the 'same' opening setup as our current PBM game.
[2007 EDIT] substituted 'Grand' for 'Great' in the piece names. [2008 EDIT] Key McKinnis used a wide selection of pieces in Drop Chess (2000), including the Demon (Grand Rook ) and the Pope (Grand Bishop).